Ética e Deontologia Aplicada à Engenharia

Philosophy at the secondary level.

There is no place to teach classes of any kind.

• recognize and understand the ethical dimension of engineering and electrical engineering action
• know and understand ethical values
• to know the ethical and deontological principles that are defined in the professional codes of ethics in the area of Engineering
• understand the potential scope of the consequences (positive and negative) of the engineering action (including the social, economic and environmental dimension) – macro-ethics
• knowing how to critically and ethically analyze practical situations (level of deontology/micro-ethics applied to engineering) – macro-ethics
• knowing how to argue and base decision-making based on professional ethics/deontology (level of deontology/micro-ethics applied to engineering)
• know the principles of ethics for sustainability

• Introduction: concepts of ethics, morals, deontology, values, micro-ethics and macro-ethics
• The professional practice of electrical engineering
• Ethical and deontological principles that are defined in the Professional Codes of Ethics in the area of ​​Engineering (practical analysis):
• Engineering as a profession of public trust
• Responsibility in the professional practice of engineering
• Guidance and implementation in the professional practice of engineering
• The Engineer’s Duties to the Community
• The engineer’s duties to the employer and the customer
• The duties of the engineer in the exercise of the profession
• Engineers’ Reciprocal Duties
• The ethical values ​​necessary for the professional practice of engineering.
• How to make a critical and ethical analysis: practical examples in terms of deontology/micro-ethics
• How to structure an ethical foundation: practical examples in terms of deontology/micro-ethics
• Consequences (positive and negative) of engineering action (including the social, economic and environmental dimension) – macro-ethics
• The ethical limits of science and technology
• Ethics for sustainability / ethics of responsibility by Hans Jonas.

Evaluation is based exclusively on the Final Exam.

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